Cork-puller.



No. 728,806. PATENTED MAY 19. 1903.,

' 0. MORGAN.

CORK FULLER.

APPLIOATLO'E FILED AQG. 16. 1901.

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- No. 728,806. PATENTBD' MAY 19,1903.

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CORK FULLER.

APPLIOATIOR' iILED AUG. 16. 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MORGAN, 0F FREEPORT, IL IN Is,AssIeNOR TO ARCADE MANU- FACTURING00., OF FEEEPQRniILL-INoIs, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

' CORK-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,806, dated May 19,1903. Applicatio fil d August 15,1901. satin No. 72,107. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatLGHARLEs MORGAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCork-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in cork-pullers designedto'produce a simple, cheap, and efficient puller adapted to perform allthe desirable operations of a device of this class with aminimum numberof parts and withabsolute certainty and efiectiveness.

To such end the invention consists in certain novel characteristics,which will be set forth in connection with their preferred embodiment inthe description and clearly defined in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevationof a puller with one of the side plates removed to show the inner parts.Fig. 2 is a similar view showing said parts just after the corkscrew hasentered the cork. Fig. 3 isasimilar view showing the parts in theirdownward movement prior to the locking of the nut to the frame. Fig. 4.is a front elevation, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the springapplied to the nut-locking dog.

A is the main frame, and A the front plate thereof, the two forming acasing within which the working parts are contained. In this casingis anoblique channel B, in which are longitudinally guided acorkscrew-carrier O and a nut D, thelatterbeingguided against rotationby means of side lugs (1, running in grooves a of the frame. A corkscrewX is rotatably secured at one end in the carrier and is threaded in thenut, so as to be rotated by longitudinal movement of the carrierrelative to the nut. An operating-handle E is pivoted to the carrier ate and hasgudgeons e, guided in grooves c in the frame, permitting thenecessary forward and backward movements of the handle-pivot to enablethe corkscrew-carrier to follow its guides in the case. On the lowerfront portion of the case are two lugs a a and between them is pivoted anut-holding dog F, the hooked upper end of which,f, engages a lug d uponthe nut. A coiled spring f tends to hold the dog toward the frame. A lugf on the dog rests upon the lug d of the nut when the latter is in thispart of the case. When the nut is in the upper part of the case,a slightfurther inward movement of the dog is permitted before itcomes incontact with the case itself, as is seen in Fig. 5. g

A gravity-latch G ispivoted at g to the oar- 6o rier and tends to engagethe lug 01' upon the nut. It has a pointed lower end g, however, and thedog F has a pointed upper end f said points being so arranged that thelatch will pass beneath the dog when the latter rests on the nut, butwill pass over the dog when the latter is at its inner limit ofmovement, as is seen in Figs. 3 and 5. This arrangement of thenut-locking dog and the latch causes the latch to automatically lift thedog' from the nut and drop into engagement with said nut and lock it tothe carrier whenever the carrier is brought down toward thenut andcauses the dog to automatically lift the latch from the nut andthereafter itself engage the nut whenever the nut and carrier arebrought down togetherf In operation, therefore, the nut will be lockedto the carrier during each alternate backward and forward movement ofthe handle and to the case during the intermediate backward and forwardmovements of the same. In use the normal position of the puller is seenin Fig. 1. The bottle is to be placed in the flaring mouth of the framebelow the nut, and the firstforward movement of the bandle forces thecorkscrew into the cork, releases the nut from the frame, and locks thenut to the carrier. (See Fig. 2.) The backward movement withdraws thecork from the bottle, raising it and the nut upward'with the carrier.The next forward movement lowers the nut and cork, releases the nut fromthe carrier, Fig. 3, and locks the nut to the case, and the nextbackward movement with- 5 draws the corkscrew from the cork.

The exact details of construction are immaterial to the broad featuresof the invention, and for that reason I do not limit myself thereto. I00

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In acork-extractor, the combination with a suitable frame, a corkscrew andcorkscrewcarrier reciprocating longitudinally therein and a reciprocablenon-rotating nut embracing the corkscrew, of an oscillating leveradapted at each oscillation in one direction to force the corkscrewdownward and at each oscillation in the opposite direction to raise thecorkscrew, a device actuated by the operating-handle connecting the nutand carrier to move together during the alternate movements of thehandle, in a given direction, and means for disconnecting the nut andcarrier during the intermediate movements of the lever in a givendirection, substantially as described.

2. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frame, acorkscrew-carrier, a corkscrew, and a non-rotating nut longitudinallyguided therein, of an oscillating lever operating at each movement in agiven direction to force the corkscrew downward and at each movement inthe opposite direction to draw the corkscrew upward, means operated bythe corkscrew-operating lever for locking the nut to the carrier duringeach alternate movement of said lever in a given direction, and coactingmeans operating to disengage the nut from the carrier and lock it to thecase during the intermediate movements of the lever in said direction,substantially as described.v

3. In a cork'puller, the combination with a suitable frame, a corkscrewcarrier, corkscrew, and non-rotatable nut longitudinally guided therein,of an oscillating lever driving the corkscrew downward at each movementin one direction and raising the corkscrew at each movement in theopposite direction, a device for connecting the nut with the carrier anda device for locking the nut to the frame, the connecting deviceoperating automatically to unlock the locking device from the nut andthe locking device operating automatically to disconnect the connectingdevice between thenut and the carrier; substantially as described.

4:. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frame andlongitudinally guided corkscrew-carrier, corkscrew and non-rotating nuttherein, of means for reciprocating the carrier in the frame, a pawlconnected to and moving with the carrier and adapted to engage the nutto lock the nut and carrier together and a pawl connected to the caseadapted to engage the nut and lock the nut to the case, the pawl on thecarrier operating to disengage the pawl on the case from the nut;substantially as described.

5. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frame andlongitudinally guided corkscrew-carrier, corkscrew and non-rotating nuttherein, of means for reciprocating the carrier in the case, a pawlconnected to move with the carrier and adapted to engage the nut to lockthe nut and carrier together and a pawl connected to the case adapted toengage the nut and lock the nut to the case, the pawl on the carrieroperating to disengage the pawl on the case from the nut, and the pawlon the case operating to disengage the pawl on thecarrier from the nut;substantially as described.

6. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frame, of alongitudinally-guided corkscrew-carrier and corkscrew, a non-rota tablenut therein, means for reciprocatingthe corkscrew-carrier, anut-engaging pawl on the carrier and moving therewith and adapted toautomatically engage the nut when it approaches the same andaunt-locking pawl secured to the case adapted to automatically engagethe nut when the latter comes within range, the carrier-pawl operatingto disengage the nut-locking pawl from the nut when said latter pawl isin engagement therewith and the nut-locking pawl operating in turn todisengage the carrier-pa wl from the nut when said carrier-pawl is inengagement with said nut; substantially as described.

7. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frame, alongitudinally-guided corkscrew-carrier, a corkscrew and a non-rotatablenut, of means for reciprocating the carrier, nut-engaging pawls upon thecarrier and frame respectively,each operating alternately with the otherto disengage the other from the nut and to efiect engagement therewith;substantially as described.

8. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frame, acorkscrew-carrier,corkscrew and non-rotatable nut. longitudinally guidedtherein, of an oscillating lever adapted to alternately drive thecorkscrew downward and raise the same, a device for connecting the nutwith the carrier and a device for locking the nut to the frame, theconnecting device operating automatically to unlock the loo-king devicefrom the nut and the locking device operating automatically to disengagethe connecting device between the nut and the carrier, substantially asdescribed.

, 9. The combination with a cork puller frame, of a corkscrew-carrierand non-rotatable nut obliquely guided in the frame, a corkscrew mountedin the carrier and threaded in the nut, a gravity-hook pivoted to thecarrier and adapted to engage the nut to lock the two together and adevice for locking the nut to the frame, arranged, when locked, in theCHARLES MORGAN.

Witnesses:

T. E. BOEDEKER, BERT HERBIG.

